In his book WHEN YOU\u2019VE BEEN WRONGED (Moody), Erwin Lutzer tells this story:<\/p>\n
\u201cA young pastor began a ministry on Saturday mornings to the inmates of the local county jail. Each week he\u2019d go into the jail cells and conduct Bible studies and prayer sessions among the inmates — mostly young white men who were doing time for anything from burglary to habitual drug use. As he\u2019d enter the jail the despair and anger among these nineteen to twenty-four-year-olds was palpable.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the young pastor asked the warden how so many young men with great promise could end up in such a place, the warden sighed and said, \u2018This place is filled with boys who got tired of waiting for their dads to keep their promises — promises to provide, promises to show up and spend time with them, promises to come home at night — they finally got so angry with the injustice of it, they went out and did stupid things.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cYoung men waiting for their dads to keep their promises! What a sobering reminder that broken promises can help send a young man down a road of personal destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n
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[Original illustration at this number was a duplicate of HolwickID #22635]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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